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Crop Weather Update- Oklahoma Wheat Crop 15 Percent Planted- Canola Crop 14 Percent Planted
Tue, 24 Sep 2013 03:10:33 CDT
Small grain planting continued, just behind average pace for the state, according to today's Oklahoma Crop Weather report issued by the USDA-NASS Oklahoma Field Office. Canola planting was also underway. Moisture received during the week will allow for more progress in planting over the next several weeks. Rainfall was scattered and variable over the past week. Overall an average of 1.1 inches fell across the state, with almost four inches recorded in Burbank in the northeast and only a few tenths recorded at numerous Mesonet stations. For the period since September 1st only half of the normal precipitation has fallen in Oklahoma. Harvest of corn and sorghum continued, but was still behind normal while hay harvest was ahead of normal for the year. More fall-like temperatures arrived, but highs still averaged in the 80s for the week. Topsoil moisture conditions were rated 40 percent adequate and 59 percent short to very short. Subsoil moisture conditions improved slightly and were rated 35 percent adequate and 64 percent short to very short. There were 5.5 days suitable for fieldwork.
Small Grains: Planting of wheat was just a few points behind normal while rye was more significantly behind the five-year average. Seventy-five percent of wheat seedbed preparation was complete as of Sunday, and 15 percent of wheat had been planted. Rye seedbed prepared was 58 percent complete and 20 percent was planted by the end of the week, 14 points behind the five-year average. Sixty percent of oat seedbed preparation was complete by the end of the week. Farm Director Ron Hays talked with Mike Schulte of the Oklahoma Wheat Commission about wheat planting that is now underway- click on the LISTEN BAR below to hear that conversation.
Canola seedbed preparation was 76 percent completed by week's end, and 14 percent had been planted, compared with 18 percent this week last year.
Row Crops: Most row crops were even or ahead of normal progress, but corn harvest continued to be behind the five-year average. Corn reaching the mature stage was 92 percent complete by Sunday. Corn harvest was 42 percent complete, 12 points behind the five-year average. Sorghum coloring was 89 percent complete, and 44 percent was mature. Harvest of sorghum was 15 percent complete by the week's end. Soybeans setting pods was 96 percent complete and 22 percent was mature by week's end. Half of the peanut crop was mature, and a small portion had been dug by the end of the week. Fifty-six percent of cotton had bolls opening by Sunday, on track with the five-year average.
Hay: The hay harvest made additional progress, despite rainy weather. Conditions continued to be rated mostly good to fair. A fourth cutting of alfalfa hay was 77 percent complete by Sunday and a fifth cutting was 12 percent complete; both ahead of normal. A second cutting of other hay was 79 percent complete by Sunday, 14 points ahead of the five year average.
Pasture and Livestock: Condition ratings of pasture and range continued to be rated mostly good to fair. Rainfall and cooler temperatures allowed for cool season forages to begin developing. Livestock was rated mostly in good condition.
Click here for the complete Crop Weather Update report for Oklahoma.
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